A case is reported in which myasthenia gravis and hypothyroidism occurred together. The relative paucity of reports of this particular association is pointed out, but it is felt that this is probably commoner than has been thought in the past.

A Primary Liver Cancer Research Unit has been established in the mining industry at the City Deep Hospital, Johannesburg, to investigate all aspects of the disease which is found so frequently in the Bantu mineworker.